Tinkering and it’s too many meanings

I was looking for some good materials to write about for today. Aside from the fact that I’m extremely busy with work lately. I was tinkering on my office computer. Checking my work emails, checking my pending documents and off course, golf course checking my facebook account.

Then there it was, tinkering again! So what does tinkering means? Basically for me it is just the fiddling of something or anything... So I started to wonder what does tinkering mean. So I started to open my ever loyal friend M.S. word to check if I have it spelled correctly and yes I did! Here is the result I got from Encarta Dictionary:

1. Unskillful worker – a clumsy or unskillful worker, especially at repair work.
2. Somebody good at many tasks (it gets me doesn’t it contradict number 1?)
3. Act of fiddling with something – ahh this I already know :D
4. Traveling pot mender- in former times, somebody who traveled from place to place mending metal household items such as pots and pans.
5. Young mackerel – a fish, a mackerel that is not fully grown.
6. naughty child – mischievous or badly behaved child

So there you go I have six different meaning of tinkering...now I so know!

Thank you to Encarta Dictionary…